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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

49,040

100.0

enrolled in school

11,864

100.0

Native

44,367

90.5

Nursery school, preschool

642

5.4

Born in United States

43,827

89.4

Kindergarten

662

5.6

State of residence

32,059

65.4

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

5,974

50.4

Different state

11,768

24.0

High school (grades 9-12)

2,806

23.7

Born outside United States

540

1.1

College or graduate school

1,780

15.0

Foreign born

4,673

9.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

3,054

6.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

867

1.8

Population 25 years and over

32,043

100.0

Not a citizen

3,806

7.8

Less than 9th grade

2,997

9.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,587

14.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

9,588

29.9

Total (excluding born at sea)

4,673

100.0

Some college, no degree

6,378

19.9

Europe

270

5.8

Associate degree

2,976

9.3

Asia

186

4.0

Bachelor's degree

3,647

11.4

Africa

59

1.3

Graduate or professional degree

1,870

5.8

Oceania

1

0.0

Latin America

4,009

85.8

Percent high school graduate or higher

76.3

(X)

Northern America

148

3.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

17.2

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

45,672

100.0

Population 15 years and over

38,533

100.0

English only

40,034

87.7

Never married

9,141

23.7

Language other than English

5,638

12.3

Now married, except separated

21,922

56.9

Speak English less than '"very well"'

3,565

7.8

Separated

1,142

3.0

Spanish

5,136

11.2

Widowed

2,838

7.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

3,415

7.5

Female

2,410

6.3

Other Indo-European languages

297

0.7

Divorced

3,490

9.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

77

0.2

Female

1,864

4.8

Asian and Pacific Island languages

161

0.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

65

0.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

49,040

100.0

under 18 years

1,204

100.0

Total ancestries reported

42,961

87.6

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

700

58.1

Arab

65

0.1

Czech¹

51

0.1

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

46

0.1

Civilian population 18 years and over

36,286

100.0

Dutch

495

1.0

Civilian veterans

5,179

14.3

English

4,334

8.8

French (except Basque)¹

687

1.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

294

0.6

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

3,248

6.6

Population 5 to 20 years

11,051

100.0

Greek

59

0.1

With a disability

854

7.7

Hungarian

82

0.2

Population 21 to 64 years

27,661

100.0

Irish¹

2,935

6.0

With a disability

5,559

20.1

Italian

955

1.9

Percent employed

57.6

(X)

Lithuanian

19

0.0

No disability

22,102

79.9

Norwegian

194

0.4

Percent employed

79.3

(X)

Polish

276

0.6

Population 65 years and over

6,002

100.0

Portuguese

31

0.1

With a disability

2,703

45.0

Russian

120

0.2

Scotch-Irish

1,939

4.0

Scottish

1,761

3.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

27

0.1

Population 5 years and over

45,672

100.0

Subsaharan African

419

0.9

Same house in 1995

25,872

56.6

Swedish

239

0.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

18,236

39.9

Swiss

65

0.1

Same county

9,867

21.6

Ukrainian

20

0.0

Different county

8,369

18.3

United States or American

8,201

16.7

Same state

4,200

9.2

Welsh

176

0.4

Different state

4,169

9.1

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

21

0.0

Elsewhere in 1995

1,564

3.4

Other ancestries

16,202

33.0

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.